When Jim’s Gone

I keep hearing this phrase around the house lately when Steph is talking on the phone. “When Jim’s gone I’m going to blah, blah, blah“…

This is the kind of stuff she’s going to do: A basket for our pregnant friend Mandy.

And many more crafty things, I’m sure…

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Toms New Bike

Tom works at ACE and when he’s not riding with me to Victor, he’s hitchhiking home. This morning he whizzed by me in the Brolums parking lot on his new electric bike.

Very sweet ride, cost over a grand and tops out at 27 mph. There’s a great bike path between Driggs and Victor so he hardly hits the highway at all.

And he still gets to travel home with me occasionally, thanks to my fine rack!

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New Deck

Dave and Brian installed our new deck this week. Next Monday, weather permitting, they’ll put on the final finish. Winters here are tough on decks but this one should last.

We also got a new hot tub cover installed. This deck is almost ready to rock so drop by on the 4th of July and we’ll flip you a burger!

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Victor Fire

A house fire last Monday in Victor took the life of one of our neighbors. George Hoffman lived with his dad in this house along the highway. The fire broke out around 2:30am and the story I’m hearing is that both got out initially but George went back for his dog.

His dad Michael lost everything in the fire. There is a donation page Here

The clouds appear to pay homage to George…

Update: Article by Jeannette Boner Here

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Freak Storm

A weird windy storm blew a bunch of boards off our deck yesterday. We sent the hunter cat out to evaluate the damage and determined that she has a great sense of balance. :-)

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Walmart

I’ve got a new program in the works that plots Points of Interest onto a map. Here’s a snapshot of Walmart locations around the country:

You can run the app Here

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Mothers Day

We went to my sisters house for a terrific Mothers Day brunch today. While everyone was cooking and prepping, I did what I do, play with my camera! :-)

Here’s a moving flickr image with ocean sounds. Hey, it’s relaxing…

Here’s the food: A ham cheese egg and broccoli casserole, buttermilk biscuits, bacon, and scrambled eggs (an issue with the eggs and a toaster oven, but they were great).

And finally, here I am playing with my sisters dog, Nana:

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Happy Mothers Day!

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Dry Farms

We were coming back from a Walmart expedition in Rexburg today and I stopped to take some photos of the insanely spacious land that exists out here.

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Piper Paper

Piper loves to lay on the daily paperwork that flows from my fax. Sometimes it lands on top of her and she uses the temporary cover to meditate on cat things…

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Baby Giraffe

The strangest thing happened today. One of Steph’s handmade giraffe’s had a baby.

Very cute…

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